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B26-0390 • 2025

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Crime
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Pinto
Last action
2025-10-23
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official status label indicates enactment, but the effective date field is empty; however, Section 5 states it takes effect after Mayor approval and lasts up to 90 days.

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This law changes the deadlines for a task force to report on pre-arrest diversion and allows certain legal notices about property in D.C. to be published in newspapers.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the deadline for the Prearrest Diversion Task Force to issue initial recommendations to no later than June 2025.
  • Sets a new deadline of July 31, 2026, for the task force to complete its work on pre-arrest diversion for certain misdemeanor offenses and categories of people.
  • Amends D.C. law to allow notices about formal probate requests, foreign personal representatives, and appointments to be published in a newspaper or legal periodical instead of only a legal periodical.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Prearrest Diversion Task Force
  • People who publish or read legal notices regarding property ownership, inheritance, or foreign personal representatives in D.C.
  • Courts handling probate cases involving requests for formal probate and appointments of interested persons

Terms To Know

Prearrest diversion
A process mentioned by the task force regarding certain misdemeanor offenses.
Legal periodical
A publication previously required for official legal notices, now allowed to be replaced or supplemented by a newspaper of general circulation.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act is an emergency measure that remains in effect for no longer than 90 days unless extended.
  • The text does not specify which misdemeanor offenses or categories of people the task force will cover, only that it involves certain ones.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0174, Expires on Jan 21, 2026

  2. 2025-10-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  3. 2025-10-15 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Oct 29, 2025

  4. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  5. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  6. 2025-10-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0390 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
D.C. ACT 26-174
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OCTOBER 23, 2025
To amend, on an emergency basis,section1507 of theCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfor
theDistrictof Columbia EstablishmentAct of 2001 tochange thedateby which the
PrearrestDiversionTask Force shallissueinitialrecommendations forprearrestdiversion
ofcertainmisdemeanoroffensesandcategoriesofpersonstoJuly2026;andtoamendTitle20 of theDistrictof Columbia OfficialCode to allowfornoticeof requestfor
formalprobate,noticefroma foreignpersonalrepresentativeofa decedentwhoowned
anypropertylocatedintheDistrictofColumbia,andnoticeofappointmenttointerested
persons,creditorsandunknownheirsinalegalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneral
circulationintheDistrict.
BEITENACTEDBYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthisactmaybecitedasthe“PrearrestDiversionTaskForceRecommendationsEmergencyAmendmentActof2025”
Sec.2.Section1507oftheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfortheDistrictof
ColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001,effectiveJune8,2024(D.C.Law25-175;D.C.OfficialCode§22-4237),isamendedasfollows:
(a)Subsection(g)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Within3monthsaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection29oftheSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024(EnrolledversionofBill25-345),”andinsertingthephrase“NolaterthanJune2025,”initsplace.
(b)Subsection(h)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Withinoneyearaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection29oftheSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024(EnrolledversionofBill25-345),”andinsertingthephrase“NolaterthanJuly31,2026,”initsplace.
Sec.3.Title20of theDistrictof Columbia OfficialCode isamended as follows:
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
(a)Section20-323(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”initsplace.
(b)Section20-343(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”initsplace.
(©)Section20-704(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneral
circulationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”initsplace.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.
‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§ 1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.788;D.C.OfficialCode§1-204.12(a)).
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